Bangladesh News News Bangladesh: Bangladesh dengue outbreak accelerates as hospitals come under strain
By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's dengue outbreak is accelerating, with 42,590 people hospitalised and 117 deaths recorded this year, as a sharp September surge strains hospitals and ...
News Bangladesh: Bangladesh, India plan to resume cross-border passenger trains by October
The services covered by the planned resumption are the Maitree Express between Dhaka and Kolkata, the Mitali Express and the Bandhan Express ...
News Bangladesh: $3.7 billion Boeing deal under legal cloud? Bangladesh lawyer demands answers on who approved 14-plane Biman purchase
A Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer has sought details of approvals and procedures behind Biman’s $3.7 billion Boeing deal. He has given government officials and Biman chiefs seven days to respond.
News Bangladesh: India, Bangladesh may revive passenger trains halted since 2024, discuss new Rajshahi-Kolkata route
The two-day railway meeting beginning in Dhaka on Tuesday will focus on restarting the Maitree, Bandhan and Mitali Express services, suspended after the 2024 unrest ...
News Bangladesh: From Chinese fighter jets to the Mecca Pact: Bangladesh’s strategic future?
Bangladesh is expanding its strategic partnerships and defence capabilities, raising questions about whether this reflects drift, diversification or deliberate consolidation.
News Bangladesh: Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?
If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up? Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing?
News Bangladesh: Bangladesh tribunal orders 3 journalists held until trial in 2024 uprising case
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday asked authorities to keep three journalists jailed until their trial in a case involving a mass uprising that ousted ...
News Bangladesh: Hasina spat stalls Bangladesh-India reset. What would break the deadlock?
Analysts say an Indian commitment not to allow ousted Bangladesh PM to engage in politics from their soil would help.
News Bangladesh: Bangladesh elects ruling party veteran Alamgir as president
Bangladesh elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir by parliamentary vote, filling vacancy after Shahabuddin’s resignation.
News Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s Twin Challenges: Economic Revival and Great Power Balancing
Bangladesh is entering a decisive phase in its political and economic evolution. After the upheavals that began with the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024, followed by a period of ...
News Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees rally in Bangladesh camps to demand safe return to Myanmar
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday to demand safe return to Myanmar. They fled nine years ago during a government crackdown.
News Bangladesh: UN rights chief calls for independent oversight body for Bangladesh law enforcement
We have long called for a strong, independent national institution to oversee law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh,” Türk says.